Emergency Room Misdiagnosis or Death

Emergency Room Negligence

Hospital emergency rooms are central to our health care system. People seek out an emergency room when an accident or unexpected health event requires quick treatment. Many emergency room visits are for life-threatening conditions. Hospital emergency rooms are fast-paced. Staff shortages and long shifts cause emergency room personnel to be stressed and fatigued. In such an atmosphere, it is easy to make mistakes. The result of an error can be misdiagnosis or death.

If negligence or misconduct caused the error, patients may be eligible to receive compensation for their medical bills, lost wages, and pain and suffering. In the case of a death resulting from an emergency room error, surviving family members may be able to seek payment for funeral expenses, loss of companionship, and other costs arising from a wrongful death. At the Louisiana law office of Kevin P. Tauzin, we help people receive payment for their injuries or the wrongful death of a loved one in a hospital emergency room. Contact us if you believe you are the victim of emergency room negligence. We will evaluate your case promptly.

Do not accept excuses if you or a family member was injured or killed in a hospital emergency room. Contact an attorney who knows how to help.

Our clients include people who were injured in emergency rooms because of:

• Misread x-rays
• Undiagnosed fractures
• Undiagnosed heart attacks, strokes, or bacterial infections
• Undiagnosed fetal distress
• Failure to read medical history
• Failure to order appropriate tests quickly
• Failure to treat patient in the right time frame
• Failure to review test results
• Medication errors leading to allergic reaction

Emergency room errors like these cause many deaths each year. Family members are often not told that the death or worsening condition of their loved one was the result of negligence or misconduct. At our Louisiana law office, our principal attorney does the investigative work needed to identify liability and fault in emergency room errors. If you believe you were injured, or a loved one killed, because of negligence in an emergency room, contact our Lafayette attorney, Kevin P. Tauzin, for a free initial consultation.

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